Tag: Russ Jordan

Museum Musings
Tales from Alta Lake

Nita Lake’s First Hotel: Jordan’s LodgeNita Lake’s First Hotel: Jordan’s Lodge

October 28, 2017 Whistler Museum 5 Comments

Just as today many of Whistler’s hotels and lodges are centrally located in the Village, the lodges built in the 1920s through 1950s tended to be located on or close to the shores of Alta Lake. One outlier was Jordan’s Lodge on the shores of Nita Lake. Russ Jordan first came to Alta Lake with […][...]

Environment & Biodiversity
Tales from Alta Lake

Changing Seasons – Harvest TimeChanging Seasons – Harvest Time

September 24, 2011 Whistler Museum 3 Comments

Wow. And just like that, it’s Autumn. In a matter of days everyone went from lounging at the beach to excitedly gossiping about snow at the Roundhouse, ski-movie premieres and the upcoming La Nina redux. For our valley’s pioneer-era residents the end of summer was an equally momentous event, but for completely different reasons. In […][...]